Box-closure



(No Model.)

B. A. HEATH.

BOX CLOSURE.

No. 444,954. v Patented Jan. 20, 1891.

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UNITED STATES PATENT Orrrcn.

ED\VIN A. HEATH, OF MILIVAUKEE, IVISCONSIN.

BOX-CLOSURE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 444,954, dated January 20, 1891.

Application filed November 25, 1889. Serial No. 331,437. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDWIN A. HEATH, of Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee, and in the State of WVisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Box- Closures; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention relates to box-closures; and it consists in certain peculiarities of construction and combination of parts, to be hereinafter described with reference to the accompanying drawings and subsequently claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents a longitudinal vertical section of one form of box constructed according to my invention; Fig. 2, a similar view of another form of box; Fig. 3, a plan view of the box shown in Fig. 1, and Fig. d a like view of a portion of the box shown in Fig. 2.

Referring by letter to thedrawings, A rep resents one end or side of an ordinary box, and adjacent to its upper end this end or side of said box is provided with a groove or seat I) for engagement with a portion 0 of a batten B, that is secured to the under side of the box-lid C, so as to project a certain distance beyond the same and have its entire length enter the groove, said lid being of an area equal to the inner dimensions of the box.

In that form of box shown by Figs. 1 and 3 that end or side D thereof opposite the one A has its upper edge cut away upon the inner side to form an L-shaped seat for the opposing edge of the box-lid O, and adjacent to this edge another batten E is secured upon the under side of said box-lid. Fast to the batten E is an upwardlyextended springplatc F, provided with a slot for engagement with an eye G, that projects from the adjacent side or end D of the box, this eye being also for the reception of an ordinary sheet-metal seal II, such as are common in connection with freight-car doors. The top of the box-lid is recessed, as shown at cl, in order to give clearance for the free end of the spring-plate F, the eye G, and seal II, and all of these parts are below the upper surface of said box-lid out of the way.

To open the box, the seal II is broken, the spring-plate F pressed in far enough to clear the eye G, and the box-lid O raised up,whereby the projecting portion a of the batten B is drawn out of its seat I) in the end or side A of said box.

In Figs. 2 and 4: I show the box as provided upon the inside at the corners with vertical strengthening-cleats J, and in this style of box the L-shaped seat in the end or side D is omitted, as the batten E will rest upon two of the corner cleats, and thereby support the adjacent end of the lid. Otherwise the construction is the same as that described in connection with Figs. 1 and 3, and in both forms of my invention the lid in its closed position is flush with the top edges of the box.

By the above description it will be seen that I provide an economical means for fastening the lid to a box without the use of nails, and that I also provide for sealing said lid in its closed position.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A box having the inside of one of its walls provided with a groove adjacent to the upper end, a lid having an area equal to the inner dimensions of the box, a batten secured to the under side of the lid at one end of the latter and arranged to have its entire length project beyond one edge of said lid for engagement with said groove, and a support within said box for the other end of the said lid, substantially as set forth.

2. A box having the inside of 'one of its walls provided with a groove adjacent to the upper end, a lid having an area equal to the inner dimensions of the box, a batten se cured to the under side of the lid at one end of the latter and arranged to have its entire length project beyond one edge of said lid for engagement with said groove, and a support within said box for the other end of the said lid, in combination with looking and sealing devices, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand, at Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of VVisconsin, in the presence of two witnesses.

EDWIN A. HEATH. Witnesses:

N. E. OLIPHANT, WM. KLUG. 

